The University of Oxford and the Berlin University of the Arts invite their researchers, artists and designers to participate in the Oxford – UdK Berlin Partnership initiative in the Arts and Humanities. The initiative is intended to strengthen the ties both between the two institutions and between artistic and academic disciplines, and this is the second seedfunding call made by the partners to facilitate interdisciplinary research projects. Proposals for the seedfunding scheme should be jointly submitted by at least one faculty member from each institution (University of Oxford: a salaried faculty member or equivalent at post-doctoral level; Berlin University of the Arts: professors and mid-level faculty – artistic staff, research assistants in tandem with a professor – are eligible to apply).
Colleagues from other partners/ institutions outside the universities are able to participate. Please note, however, that they will have to bear their own costs. The universities are interested in project ideas which have the potential for credible applications to other funders at a later stage.
Eligible projects will run between 01 September 2022 and 30 June 2023, with activities taking place in either Berlin or Oxford, or in both. Across all projects, the funding provided by the universities for this funding call is 40.000 €. An extension (cost-neutral) may be possible should there be mitigating circumstances such as the continuation of the current pandemic.
Proposals should be written in English and submitted in both universities by 31 October 2022.
This is the second of three annual seed-funding calls that are projected to take place. Each round has an anticipated distribution, across both institutions and all funded projects, of 40,000 euros.
For full details of the call and how to apply refer to the UdK Berlin website.
Information sessions on the programme can be signed for here:
https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/projektfoerderung-in-kooperation-mit-torch-university-of-oxford-1/
https://www.udk-berlin.de/veranstaltung/projektfoerderung-in-kooperation-mit-torch-university-of-oxford-2/
Key contacts:
At Berlin University of the Arts
Marianne Karthäuser/ Julia Warmers
Phone: +49 (0) 30 3185 2163
Email: seedfunding.oxford@udk-berlin.de
At Oxford University
Alasdair MacDonald
Phone: +44 (0) 7872 197201
Email: alasdair.macdonald@admin.ox.ac.uk
At Oxford in Berlin (https://oxfordinberlin.eu/)
Emilia Boehm
Phone: +49 (0) 151 20656652
Email: emilia.boehm@oib.ox.ac.uk
